Distinction between Dharma and Religion

1. Religions are Proselytizing, Dharma is Self-Transformation: Why does Religion breed fanaticism whereas Dharma does not? This is explained very succinctly by David Frawley [1]:

“Perhaps nothing more so than religion that stimulates the passions of humanity toward either higher or lower actions. This is because religion introduces absolutes into human life. Religion sets up a standard of judgment that goes beyond life and death and all the limited values of our transient existence. Such a standard can deepen our sensitivity or can breed fanaticism and bigotry, depending upon whether we use these absolutes to provide a higher standard for our own behavior or to become harsher in our criticism of those who think differently than we do. True religion directs us to the Absolute, which requires that we cleanse our minds of our limited opinions and judgments. False or imperfect religion tries to make absolute these very prejudices, opinions and limitations.

To understand religion, we must look at religion as a whole, not as a belief system but as a way of life, a system of ethical, mental and spiritual culture – what is called in the Eastern world, dharma or the guiding law of our being. Otherwise we will be unable to extract the essence of religion from its mass of conflicting beliefs. This requires that we look at our own lives as a whole, and that we examine religion as a living phenomenon, as part of our greater human potential, our inner dharma, from whatever different land or culture it may arise. We must learn to look at religion as a way of connecting with Reality through our own consciousness, which is the view of the science of Yoga. This is the view of religion that India has given us, the land wherein human beings have spent the most time in pursuit of the sacred, not to convert others, but to realize the Truth.”

2. Religions demand belief, Dharma stands for Self-Realization

“In the Western world religion is associated with a belief in something unseen, miraculous, or perhaps even irrational. For the Western mind religion is something removed from ordinary existence, and apart from the world of Nature, something super-natural, like the miracle of Christ of turning water into wine. The fruits of our religious practice are gained after death, in heaven, and seem little related to the events of this life. Such religion is different than religion in the Eastern or Hindu sense, and appears artificial and imaginary, rather than the product of any profound meditation.”[2]

“There is no such term as religion in this sense in the teachings of India. The term for a spiritual teaching is Dharma, the natural law of Truth and its universal and eternal principles. The so-called religions of India – like Hinduism and Buddhism – are not religious belief systems but ways of cultivating dharma, ways of developing higher awareness. To follow the Dharma is possible only through direct perception, which requires freeing the mind from its conditioned responses. It does not rest upon belief or speculation. The cultivation of Dharma….means developing an awareness which is clear enough to perceive things as they are….”[3]

“We could say, therefore, that there are two basic types of religious teachings in the world.

The first (type) are the belief-oriented systems that predominate in organized Western religions, which emphasize sin and salvation leading to either hell or heaven. Their idea of cosmic law is something imposed from above by the will of God, which may appear to be arbitrary or even vengeful. The world of Nature is looked upon not as part of our own being but as a hostile reality to be controlled or conquered, or as a realm of temptation.

Second (type) are the dharmic traditions of the Eastern world which emphasize natural law, meditation and Yoga leading to Self-realization. Dharmic traditions seek to know the truth of things and do not set any dogma over our own enquiry….”[4] “Dharmic traditions are experiential rather than belief-oriented – as we see among Hindus, Buddhists and Taoists. They are open, creative and meditative in their approach, an attitude often shared by Western pagan religions and philosophies as well. Such experiential traditions have a great appeal to the inquiring spirit, with their knowledge of deeper levels or consciousness and extrasensory powers. They have a greater history of tolerance and respect for other beliefs, a necessary attitude in the multi-cultural world order in which we live today. Hinduism as Sanatana Dharma has always been able to accommodate many different religious and spiritual approaches. From its standpoint, religious beliefs are not absolutes but merely theories, working models, guides to practice, which must eventually be left behind.”[5]

“Such [Abrahamic] religions identify religion with the belief in One God, one primary representative of him, and one book of revelation from him. The right belief is said to bring about salvation. The wrong belief is thought to be the worst of all sins and bring about damnation. Such religions are trying to convert the entire world to

While such monolithic belief systems can state their beliefs in clear and uncomplicated terms, they often sound more like slogans or stereotypes – absolute statements that appeal to an emotional need for certainty and security but fail to deal with the complexity of life itself. Is Truth really that simplistic or have we narrowed it down according to our own bias which, however well intentioned, falls short of what life in its abundance really is?”[6]

“A statement of such exclusive absolutes about religion is not possible for dharmic traditions like Hinduism, nor would Hindus find it desirable. Coming from a universal background such restrictions appear arbitrary. They appear not as a deep understanding of the Infinite but as the attempt to arrive at a mental or emotional formulation that satisfies not the soul’s longing to merge into the Divine, but the ego’s need for certainty, security and control.”[7]

“As part of Sanatana Dharma, Hindus are not restricted from studying other religions or respecting Truth wherever and in whomever they see it. Hinduism does not have any word like heretic, pagan or kafir. Hindus have never invaded any country and tried to force people to adopt their religion. There is no excommunication in Hinduism, nor do Hindus ever condemn anyone to eternal hell. Hindu leaders do not issue proclamations restricting the forms of worship that can be practiced by Hindus. Hindus do not have blasphemy laws that prevent anyone from criticizing Hindu teachings.

Hinduism does not require that we all have the same view of Divinity but encourages unique and diverse ways for the full unfolding of creative intelligence. It says that there is something unique about each person, which is their special connection with the Divine, and that there should be no standardized religion for all people.

Hindus are not required to agree with one another on religions matters but are encouraged to develop their own insights. Hindus respect original and honest thinking, rather than merely parroting what someone else, however great, has said. If two Hindus do not follow the same guru, worship the Divine in the same form, or study the same scripture, it is not a problem. They will not fight with or try to convert the other person. They respect their diversity as part of the great abundance of life.”[8]

“Hinduism is not merely a single religion, one among many, but a harmony of many different religious teachings that maintained a peaceful coexistence with each other as parts of a universal tradition. It has not forced or molded these different teachings into uniformity, in fact this diversity itself has manifested because of the universality of the Hindu view, which is that it is not the many who became One but the One that expresses itself as all. This recognition of the One in all and all in One is the basis of the creative and yet synthetic Hindu vision that can produce ever new teachings without losing track of the underlying eternality of Truth.”[9]

“Belief oriented religions, when they formulate themselves in an exclusive manner, project their own particular theological ethics which may be apart from, or even contrary to any universal ethics. They hold that if a person does not believe in a particular formulation of God, in one specific representative of him, in one book which contains his word, or other such particular dogmas, that person will suffer or go to hell, whatever else the individual may do – however good, kind, compassionate, generous, or selfless he or she may otherwise be. This is what could be called “theological ethics”, or the judgment of people not by their behavior but by their beliefs, which makes not having certain beliefs on par with doing good harmful actions……Sanatana Dharma does not accept any particular theological morality. It says that we raise ourselves by good actions and lower ourselves by actions which are bad. It does not matter what we believe in but how we live. Hinduism says that a person who leads a good life, even if he or she has never come into contact with any scripture, and has no religious beliefs at all, will come to a good end. On the other hand, a person who leads a bad or harmful life will come to a bad end even if he believes in what he thinks is the true religious.”[10] “Theological ethics divides humanity into the believers and the non-believers, which may be Christians and heathens, Muslims and Kafirs, or simply the people of God and those of the devil, or whatever the religion decides, including condemning different sects within one’s own religion as heretical. This division is equated with a real division in behavior between good and evil, holy and unholy, as if only the members of a particular religion can be truly good and those of other beliefs must be evil, however good they may appear.

Dharmic traditions on the other hand, differentiate human behavior into dharmic and adharmic actions, actions which further the Truth and those which promote ignorance and illusion. There is no division of humanity into dharmic and adharmic souls because the soul, our inner nature is inherently dharmic. The soul is our dharma. The only division is between people who know their true nature and those who do not. Knowledge or ignorance is a capacity of all human beings, and we must all move from the ignorance to the knowledge, if not in this lifetime than in a future one. Hence Dharma can never divide people into warring beliefs.”[11] All this does not mean that Hindu Dharma has no place for faith and devotion.

“Sanatana Dharma accepts faith and devotion but not the limited form in which it is identified. Sanatana Dharma accepts all sincere efforts to find truth or to help other human beings. In this regard, Hinduism can honor atheists, if they are doing good or searching for the truth. Hinduism values doing good more than the mere (having) belief in God, which can be used as a mask for doing harm. It holds that a person who does good, be he an atheist or agnostic, is better than a person who does harm, be he a firm believer in God. Yet beyond valuing what is good, Hinduism values spiritual knowledge. It says that a single person of real spiritual perception is more significant than any number of mere believers or good people. All the good and bad actions of people are ultimately illusory as the Divine is the only true reality. One who knows that is the real teacher.”[12]

5. Religions are History Centered, Dharma is Eternal:

“The [Hindu] religion has no founder. Many of the scriptures are anonymous. Their dates vary several centuries, if not millennia, in scholar’s accounts. The Hindu ideal has always been to downplay the ego, and dedicate all action to the will of God. Thus, although authoring a book has been considered important, mentioning the name of the author has, many a time, not been seen as appropriate. With the offering of the little ego on the altar of the universal self, i.e., God, for centuries, the Hindu lost also his love for historical details. In spite of the drawbacks that the process might have had on him in history, he has not yet forgotten his goal of reaching to a universal unity beyond all differences, where the small ego falls off, as Sri Ramakrishna says, like the bark of the coconut tree, leaving only its mark of a past existence behind.”[13]

Hindu Dharma has a vast literature on philosophic disputations between different schools. In most cases, the author does not even mention the name of his philosophic opponent when criticizing him. Such a practice was considered against scholarly etiquette, and it also kept philosophic discussions depersonalized, and focused on ideas alone. In the Abrahamic religions however, there have been major conflicts and schisms on matters of historical events – matters which would be considered very trivial from the perspective of Hindu spirituality, and not worthy of generating such long-lasting hatreds and enmities.

6. Religions are Exclusivist, Dharma is Inclusivist:

“Sanatana Dharma as an open tradition does not exclude any useful way of approaching the truth of the vast universe in which we live. It does not define itself against something else but includes all that is useful to the spiritual life. Yet this does not mean that a universal tradition accepts other religions as they see themselves. This is not possible, as exclusive views which insist that their point of view alone is correct are mutually contradictory. In accepting the value of all sincere approaches to the Divine, Sanatana Dharma cannot sanction the exclusivism of any particular group. That Sanatana Dharma accepts Christ as a great saint, for example does not mean that it accepts the Christian claim that Christ is the only Son of God.

“Hinduism is not an organized religion such as we ordinarily consider one to be. There is no Hindu church, no Hindu Pope, no Hindu messiah, or prophet all Hindus must revere, no one Hindu Bible all Hindus must read. Hinduism has no prescribed day of the week for worship, no one prescribed mass, ritual or call to prayer that everyone must do. The different sects within Hinduism have their different ashramas, temples, leaders, holy places, holy days and holy books, but there is no one set of these for all Hindus. We could say therefore that Hinduism is the greatest disorganized religion in the world. It has never organized itself along monolithic lines, with a set dogma and specific canon of beliefs. It has remained decentralized and localized, which is perhaps why of all the ancient imagistic and mystical religions, it alone has survived through the millennia. Therefore, Hinduism is an open tradition with a great diversity of teachings that does not require any exclusive loyalty. Hinduism is the religion of the individual and allows each person to choose his or her own approach to Divinity based upon various teachings that encompass all human capacities. However, Hinduism is organized in the sense that it contains systematic teachings for all manner of temperaments and all stages of life. As Sanatana Dharma it has teachings that encompass all of human life and culture from medicine and science, art and music, occultism, spirituality and Yoga. In this regard, Hinduism has probably the best organized and the most complete teachings of all religions and has addressed in details all aspects of our existence, including those considered to be outside the domain of religion in other cultures. The literature of Hinduism in these different fields is both much older and much larger that that of any other religion. Hinduism is not organized as a belief or social institution but as a vast set of teachings that we are free to approach from our own angle.”[14]

8. Religions are Monotheistic, Hindu Dharma is Monistic:

“Western religious thinkers generally identify universality in religion with monotheism – the idea that there is only One God and hold that all truly religious beings should worship this same Supreme Being. Yet this insistence on monotheism is exclusive, not universal. It rejects polytheism, pantheism, monism (the idea that there is only one Reality), and other forms of spiritual experience. Such extreme monotheism reduces the Divine to a single book for all people. Such a One God is not a truth of unity, which is universal, but the assertion of a single thing, which is opposed to all else. True unity is universality; it is not one thing as opposed to other, but the One that is everything.

The partiality of exclusive monotheistic belief is revealed in how it fragments itself further into warring monotheistic creeds….Not surprisingly, historically Western monotheism has appeared as the religious counterpart of political imperialism and empire-building, and its expansion to absorb all other countries and cultures. History has revealed how monotheism has been allied with invasions, colonialism and genocide, which may not be an accident but the very end result of a rigid, one-sided and therefore ultimately violent view of the Divine.

The One God becomes an abstraction to which actual people are sacrificed. He becomes jealous, wrathful and communal and promotes such action among his special followers. He is opposed to any creativity or spirituality and insists upon his law, ritual and theology as the unquestioned truth. While this may not have been the intention of the mystics who emphasized the One, it has often become the behavior of his literal-minded followers. Such monolithic views are out harmony with the cultural diversity of the modern world, and represent a medieval and authoritarian standard that usually has a patriarchal bias.

Hinduism, on the other hand, contains the diversity needed for a global age. Hinduism as Sanatana Dharma cannot be limited to belief in One God, but it acknowledges monotheism as an important approach to the spiritual life. In this regard Hinduism is also a monotheistic religion but not exclusively so and has created a number of wonderful monotheistic approaches including that of the Divine Mother. While accepting monotheism as one major approach, Hindus do not always regard it as the highest. Many Hindu teachings regard monism, or the idea that there is only One Truth, as the highest truth and as transcending any monotheistic or personal God.”[15]

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Is it not that if we understand it TRULLY the TRUTH is that there is no difference between two -the Religion and Dharma?

Religion is made of Re mean again as in review, etc. and Legion (which became Ligion when joined with Re) means unite as in the VFW Legion No.26, etc. So the point is what one should do in order to unite again, is religion. At the conception of life after a body is formed in mother’s womb with the help of an egg and a sperm and developed in few weeks then the life or soul or spirit enters the body. So the soul was a part of the universal soul or infinite soul (some call it “Ishwar”) and became detached from its root source and came in the body, so what one should follow or do in order to reunite back with its source -God or infinite soul. As said in Ramayan, “Ishwar Ansh Jeev Avinashi, —–”

Now the Dharma is also said what one should embody in oneself in order to meet the goal of human life. And the goal of human life is to unite with God as it got detached from the God after being born as human. As said “Dharati Te Dharma”. What gunas, thoughts, virtues, etc. one should have and what actions one should do in order to unite with God, that is Dharma. Some says in order to meet God, others say to realize God. Yet others say what one should do to realize self or that soul, spirit or infinite spirit. Dharma or religion does not mean Hinduism, Christianity, Islam etc. as is commonly known or believed. Dharma means what virtues one has or one should have and what vices one does or should not have in order to unite with God.

It is that simple but it is very difficult and required a lot of Tap, Jap, devotion and dedication to achieve or accomplish that stage.

God- Brahma and Soul are one. Both are ‘Niruguna, Nirakar, the Soul is part of universal Soul Brahma, the soul reside in the body as immortal in the house of mortal physical cell body.

The full from full, The full from the full he bends up (ud-ac); the full is poured with the full; also, and remain full. that may we know today, whence that is poured out Ath. 10-8-29

This beautiful one (F) (is) un-ageing, an immortal in the house of a mortal; for whom she (was) made, he lies; he who made (her) grew old Ath. 10-8-26.

To know the truth of life is aim of life, accordingly to act ethically is the Dharma- duty of an individual in life.
Two birds with fair wings, knit with bonds of friendship, in the same sheltering tree have found refuge,
One of the twins eats the sweet Fig-tree’s fruitage; the other eating not regardeth only.
The two birds are the vital and the supreme spirit, dwelling in one body. The vital spirit enjoys the fruit or rewards of actions while the supreme spirit is merely a spectator ÿg. 1-164-20
The DNA leads the life in the body, through the hereditary characters. The same has been regarded as JÏvatman – BIO SOUL, and the other one is consciousness, which is synonym to the fundamental energy. The same is the supreme spirit in the body as spectator, commonly known as Soul, accordingly the Soul in the body and the fundamental energy (GOD) are one and the same. Hence in the Upnishads it has been said that Atma so Parmatma means God and Soul are one. It is JÏvatman- bio soul (DNA), who bears the pains of life, which is immortal in the sense that it has maintained its continuity in the living beings right from its first synthesis in side a cell and remains active through its off-springs. Hence DNA is the same from unicellular to multicellular organisms with a change in its base sequence.
The differences, which we observe that the individual person concern are having different mentality and fate, it is due to the cycle of rebirth under the nature, where for every action there is a reaction it means every individual will have to face the consequences of his deeds with rebirth. After the death of the physical body the thought energy, which is imperishable remains in the universe, when the thought energy find its suitable language code on the duplicating DNA of the embryo, accordingly the language of the DNA open on the developing DNA, the language decides the fate of the individual as per his past deeds and the development of the physical body will be there as per the parental hereditary characters. Accordingly under the rebirth cycle evolution of the mental qualities from the animal instincts to the human instincts is the aim of life.
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So what is the point? Everything you said is right, but by saying, talking, hearing, writing or watching about the water we do not drink water. The absence of light is darkness and until we have the light from the lotus feet of Lord we remain in these differences of thinking. Once we go beyond senses, mind, intellect, id and ego in to the realm of the TRUTH we will keep on writing with no avail. Every things will be to satiate our thirst for sense gratification.
Thanks.

The conscious, DNA and the origin of life on the earth has been explored in the Rig-Veda scientifically as we know today. The concept of ‘jeewatma’ has been described in ‘Shrimad bhagwatgeeta’, Lord Krishna taken this reference from the Vedic hymns, ‘Tvashta’ has been described as Shaper of the living-beings, and omnipresent-‘Vishwarupa’. The term DNA is a modern term for ‘Tvashta’,
For more see the book’ Vedic Cell Biology with life Energy and Rebirth’ – Parimal Publication, Shaktinagar, New Delhi,

Two birds with fair wings, knit with bonds of friendship, in the same sheltering tree have found refuge,
One of the twins eats the sweet Fig-tree’s fruitage; the other eating not regardeth only.
The two birds are the vital and the supreme spirit, dwelling in one body. The vital spirit enjoys the fruit or rewards of actions while the supreme spirit is merely a spectator ÿg. 1-164-20
The DNA leads the life in the body, through the hereditary characters. The same has been regarded as JÏvÈtman – BIO SOUL, and the other one is consciousness, which is synonym to the fundamental energy. The same is the supreme spirit in the body as spectator, commonly known as Soul, accordingly the Soul in the body and the fundamental energy (GOD) are one and the same. Hence in the Upni–ads it has been said that Atma so Parmatma means God and Soul are one. It is JÏvÈtman- bio soul (DNA), who bears the pains of life, which is immortal in the sense that it has maintained its continuity in the living beings right from its first synthesis in side a cell and remains active through its off-springs. Hence DNA is the same from unicellular to multicellular organisms with genetic recombination and a change in its base sequence.
The differences, which we observe that the individual person concern are having different mentality and fate, it is due to the cycle of rebirth under the nature, where for every action there is a reaction it means every individual will have to face the consequences of his deeds with rebirth. After the death of the physical body the thought energy, which is imperishable remains in the universe, when the thought energy find its suitable language code on the duplicating DNA of the embryo, accordingly the language of the DNA open on the developing DNA, the language decides the fate of the individual as per his past deeds and the development of the physical body will be there as per the parental hereditary characters. Accordingly under the rebirth cycle evolution of the mental qualities from the animal instincts to the human instincts is the aim of life.
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Where those fine Birds hymn ceaselessly their portion of life eternal, and the sacred synods, There is the Universe’s mighty Keeper, he , wise, hath entered into me the simple ÿg. 1-164-21
On the earth, the creatures enjoy the fruit of eternal life. The two birds (life energy and bio soul) are living in association with each other. The lord of the creatures has entered in to me. It has been expressed that the life energy and the supreme fundamental energy, they are one and the same, which is present in the body as life energy. It has been expressed in an anthropomorphic manner.
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
The tree where on the fine Birds eat the sweetness, where they all rest and procreate their offspring- Upon its top they say the fig. is luscious: none gaineth it who knoweth not the father ÿg. 1-164-22
It has been expressed that in the creation the beautiful creatures eat the sweet fruits of life. They enjoy the life and produces off-springs. At the peak of their life they say that fruit of life is luscious. But he, who knows not his generator father, for him all is useless.
Vedic cell biology
Origin of the Prokaryotic Cell- ÿbhu
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1. For the celestial Race this song of praise which gives wealth lavishly ÿg.1-20-1
The celestial race-cell, the ÿbhu-cell has been praised as the divine class or race of the ÿbhus, due to the fact that once the ÿbhu-cell has developed, it has maintained its continuity through cell division. The three sons of Sudhanvan-developing coaservates, who is said to have been descendant of ¶ngirasa -viscous sap. They were named severally ÿbhu-eldest-Mature Cell- Vibhvan-vigorous, and VÈja is youngest (Young new Cell). They are collectively called as ÿbhus from the name of ÿbhu due to their skilful good work for the living-beings, as they are the only source of organic matter on the earth. Hence they have been termed as celestial race, which is the source of organic matter without check.
The ÿbhu represents a mature cell, once it has been synthesized in the nature, it maintains its continuity through the cell division, accordingly at the cellular level all the living organisms exhibits same functions in the nature. Hence the ÿbhu has been described as the celestial race.

6. Indra hath yoked his Bays, the A„vin’s car is horsed; B‚haspati hath brought the Cow of every hue. Ye went as ÿbhu, Vibhvan, Vaja to the Gods Rg. 1-161-6
For the further evolution Bays of Indra, electromagnetic energy carries it towards the evolution. It has given it a push for further evolution. The A„vin’s car is horsed, it means the oxidation and reduction reactions came in to their full functions and the B‚haspati (nucleus) brought the cow of every hue, the cow is metaphor for the organic matter in the living-beings. It means through the regulation of the metabolic reactions and the genetic material has brought biodiversity in nature, where every cellular organism acting as food for the other through food chains and food webs in the nature. It has been expressed as cow of every hue, where plants are primary producers and animals are secondary producers. The cow is a metaphor for nourishment. Accordingly the cells have acquired different stages as ÿbhu, Vibhvan, and VÈja during their life cycle. These three represents three stages of a cell as young, vigorous and old, their functions are under the natural factors.
The cell under go cell division with DNA, it has been indicated in the ÿbhu Sukta
6. The sacrifice ladle, wrought newly by the God Tva–—È’s hand (DNA)—Four ladles have ye made thereof.
Universal nature of DNA
The genetic material DNA is present universally in all the living beings. It has been expressed as shaper of all the creatures. It has all the information of life. The universal nature of DNA has been expressed in this manner.
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Tva–—È the lord hath made all forms and all the cattle of the field:
Cause them to multiply for us ÿg.1-188-9
The DNA has been termed as Tva–—È, who is shaper of all creatures with multiplication, hence it has been termed as omni form (Vi„varupa); it means the DNA is present in all the living beings.
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For Tva–—È, he who knows each sacred song, brought thee to life, pre eminent o’er all the things that be, Guilt-avenger is B‚haspati, who slays the spoiler and upholds the mighty law ÿg. 2-23-17
The DNA, synthesize the chromosomes and the chromosomes synthesize the nucleus. It has been said that Tva–—È begot B‚haspati. The B‚haspati represent nucleus, which has been expressed as regulator and guide.
It has been expressed that Tva–—È ² DNA is a supreme genetic material, which the source of life and it bears the information of life and death.

You may be right? But on the name of religion? All controversies are in practice. regarding Dharma or religion? Secularism is one.

Before going for sacrifice the life for the nation, one should have clear concept about religion, otherwise the illusion of ‘Hindu Dharma ‘it will be suicidal in all respect. Your life is needed for India. By saying ‘Hindu Dharma’, we have devalued the ‘Eternal religion’ and comparing it with superstition.

What is there in the world is not in India, and what is there in India is not in the world. We have followed the Western concept of Dharma-religion, it is suicidal for the nation. You can not impose your concepts without sound base. With mean time your movement will be crushed like the movement of Baba Ramdeo.

In India Dharma means duty, it is not related with the commandments of God. Because the concept of origin of life, evolution of life and consciousness with role of DNA in life has been discovered scientifically as we know today. It has formed the base of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ the ‘eternal religion’

Where Dharma is term for duty of a individual in life. How the creation and life evolved on the earth, it had been discovered in a systematic way scientifically. Hence the ‘Eternal religion’ emphasize on the spiritual freedom and caste based society with DNA as single ancestor, the DNA regulate the life with hereditary characters from generation to generation. The DNA is universally present in the living-beings and immortal.

All concepts of religion and God have been spread from India, India is the cradle of civilization, and can lead the world. The God has created the world? it has created the confusion, accordingly all religious faith are fighting for their survival with superstition. The Darwin’s theory of evolution is correct in all respect. The Vedas can give answer only.

We have equated our eternal religion with foreigner’s superstitions. The eternal religion is not superstition on the name of God. It has spiritual freedom and superstition.

With regards.

The concept of ‘jeewatma’ has been described in ‘Shrimad bhagwatgeeta’, Lord Krishna taken this reference from the Vedic hymns, ‘Tvashta’ has been described as Shaper of the living-beings, and omnipresent-‘Vishwarupa’. The term DNA is a modern term for ‘Tvashta’,

For more see the book’ Vedic Cell Biology with life Energy and Rebirth’ – Parimal Publication, Shaktinagar, New Delhi,

Ref. line: “So the soul was a part of the universal soul or infinite soul (some call it “Ishwar”) and became detached from its root source and came in the body,”

You might know but is not clear in the above line is that jiva or soul is not created at the conception. {{IT WILL BECOME CLEAR TO YOU EVENTUALLY “JAB BAHU KAAL KARAYEE SATSANGAA, TAB HEE HOYEE SAB SANSHAYA BHANGAA”. GIVE IT A TIME AND INCREASE YOUR ZEAL FOR THE SEARCH OF THE TRUTH AND YOU SHALL KNOW IT.}}

This is clear from a Gita verse: {{GITA, RAMAAYAN ARE ALL YOU. THE VERSES CAN GIVE YOU SOME UNDERSTANDING BUT NOT THE EXPERIENCE.}}

mamaivansho jivabhUta livaloke sanaatana

the soul is eternal is supersoul – God – is. {{VERY TRUE.}}

Only when a soul takes a human body, it has chance to realize god. {{VERY TRUE. “BADE BHAGYA MAANUSH TANU PAAAVAA, SUR DURLABH SAB GRANTHAN GAAVAA; ——” BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN IT HAPPENS IT DETRACTS FROM ITS GOAL AND TRY TO LEARN FROM THE GRANTHS THAN EXPERIENCE. AND EXPERIENCE DOES NOT MEAN AGE OFTHE BODY, IT MEANS THE UNION WITH GOD. DHRUVA EXPERIENCED IT AT 6 YRS., PRAHLAAD AT 14, JESUS AT 21, ETC. ETC.}}.

I do agree with you that spiritual values has decayed in India, but I will like to say that the spiritual heritage of the human civilization has been devalued by our own fellows, the so called secularists and the so called secular politicians, and intellectuals.

The political parties in India are exploiting the public on the name of belief on the name of secular and non secular vote bank. This is a danger for the entire civilization of the world including India.

This trend has lead to the decay of spiritual values, which eventually leads to all kinds of terrorism and corruption. It appears that our whole spiritual ethnic values are in grave danger, due to this we are in the clutch of corruption web.

It is all due to the so called religious bifurcation of India, which has divided Indians also on the name of majority and minority. It has pushed India in religious fundamentalism. Although Hindu is not a religion as compared to the Islam or Christianity.

So there is no danger to Islam or Christianity in India from the majority Indians. Spiritual freedom, and caste based society is identity of India,

The eternal truth is one and the same for all. It is not a illusion. The same is the Creator as Universal Soul, and the consciousness in the physical body is known as Soul. The fundamental energy, from where the creation came into the existence, to it the scientists call it as Gravitational force is the eternal truth of all religion.

The basic fact of all Religions and aim of life are same

The God and Soul is a scientific fact. We can not divide it with name. The fundamental energy – gravitational force is the omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient God and Soul of the religious scriptures. The life energy known as gravitational force, appears at its own with the movement of the sap in the cell body in the first cell with birth. It maintain its continuity with cell division. With ageing and death of the physical cell body, it disappears at its own.

The concept of the Religious scriptures that one has to face the consequences of his deeds is also having a scientific base. The DNA is universally present in the living-beings. It records the deeds of an individual in its language code. Which is immortal through cell division. Accordingly one has to face the consequences of his deeds with opening of the language on the DNA in the womb. Accordingly under the laws of God and Soul the an individual lead a new life and birth, with repercussions of his deeds of his previous birth. It is known as fate or Prarabdh. Due to this even the time twins have different fate.

At cellular level we all are related with each other with common ancestry in DNA.

All religious heads and Honourable Shankaracharya should come forward to joint fight against the devaluation of ethnic values and corruption, who has ruined the country.

The Britishers have forced the Indians to think religiously, either they are Muslim or Hindu, although the Hindu was not a Religion as compared to Muslim or Christian, the name Hindu was used for the Indians by the foreigners. With this Aryan-Dravidian dichotomy put forward as a shrewd political tool, because the British intellectuals were having the full knowledge of sensitive human psychology and Nationalism, that the development of Nationalism almost invariably involves the creation of a sense of continuity between the past and the present. This past is mined for material with which to construe a sense of historic identity, unity, glory, and continuity to inspire political action in the present.

The British government has used the same principle to divide the masses on the basis of their identity. Before the independence the political leaders were having a single agenda of independence and they got success. But the division of India on the name of so called Religion pushed the Indian subcontinent in a state of Religious fundamentalism. Where, the feeling of Nationality, unity, glory and sacrifice for the National pride is the subject of books.

It was due to the fact that in the Indian subcontinent political integrity was not there, the selfish interests of the local rulers have given the way to foreign invaders. They raided India for war and booty, with an aim to spread Islam on the name of Jihad. Some selfish Indian rulers sought their help against their rivals and in turn some invaders got the opportunity to rule over India. As such India became the slave of the foreign rulers. They have converted the common people in to their faith and Religion. In this way they have established a community of their followers with a difference from the local customs and traditions. In comparison to this there was no Religious institute in India to oppose the conversion, because to have a faith in any Religion or God is a right of an individual as per the Indian tradition & Vedic Science.

Religion-the God and Soul are invisible, they represent eternal cosmic principle on which the creation and nature are working in a definite order, no body can deny it, faith or belief in it is immaterial. Accordingly an individual has a right to accept it or deny it, but to act ethically in the society is his duty. Hence there is no code of conversion or re conversion in the Indian culture. The foreigners have used this lacuna as their tool. It was not a human error, India is the cradle of civilization, and the man has arisen in India, the birth place of races, Philosophy and of religions, from where Brahmanism religion was first in the series.

Brahmanism religion, with Vedic traditions in back ground has flourished in India for about one thousand years after Vedic culture, and when, it was polluted with excess exploitation on the name of yajna. It was replaced by most scientific religion of the world Buddha dharma. It has flourished in India for about one thousand years and spread in the world from India. Lord Aşoka had spread its scientific teachings and became well known great Samrat of India in the history. When the Buddha’s followers have accepted Mahatma Buddha as God, and Buddha centres became the places of exploitation than with time it has vanished from India, with the establishment of Indian eternal concept again by Jagatguru Adi Shankaracharya. He has established the cultural integrity of India. In the same series Jainism, Sikh and Arya samaj have their origin in India.

Accordingly the conversion of Indians in to Islam has been taken as a faith primarily and integrity in diversity of India could not be broken. Because Indian culture is based on caste system and Muslims have been considered as one caste, accordingly they have been absorbed in the society.

The great Samrat Akbar has given it a new height with establishment of “Din-a- Elahi” and became the hero of India. He was not in favour of exploitation on the name of faith or Religion. It was the wonder for the Britishers that how the Religious communities are living together? They were having a bitter experience of Religious warfare and superiority of Religious institutes in Europe. On the contrary in India, they were surprised to see unity in diversity under the indigenous caste system. They have raised the issue of monotheism and polytheism to divide the masses on the name of Religion, and turned it towards racial difference.

In India the Muslim rulers have established one community on the name of Religion and following the same Britishers have established Christian community on the name of Christ. They have forced the Indians to think in the language of Religion. It was a deep conspiracy and shrewd political diplomacy of Britishers to divide the Indians in their home land on the name of Religion. The poverty due to the slavery, and exploitation by the foreign rulers with curse of untouchables has played major role to divide the Indians. These social impacts are so deep rooted that even after independence, the National pride and glory is invisible, on the contrary corruption and lack of duty became the day to day part of life of many at a length. The ethical values of religion have no place in life and religious fundamentalism has upper hand. It has given the way for terrorism. It is all due to the teachings of Britishers and the so called Religious bifurcation of India. It has flourished on the Indian soil without answer. The religion, monotheism or polytheism and Aryan invasion became the tool of modern intellectuals to prove their superiority in the modern circle, although to have a faith in God or not, it is personal thinking of a person concern in India from time immemorial. It is possible only in India from where the God, religion and philosophy have their origin.

The first generation of the modern Indian intellectuals who under took the challenge of mastering these modern unfamiliar methods of scholarship, they have been educated under the patronage of Britishers, and they were not in a position to challenge any of the conclusions being produced. Under the patronage of European institutions, they have accepted the new versions unquestioningly. The challenge, which European scholars have given in modern style, its answer can be given in the same fashion.

It was all due to the fact that the European scholars have misinterpreted the Vedic language and history in their own interest. The same they have taught to the students and a community of educated Indians without respect for old customs and traditions has been prepared to rule over India. The Vedic language is a coded language there is no war, no history nor religion, as considered by the Europeans. On the contrary they are scientific documents with scientific theories and principles of nature and the creation. All the modern scientific theories and the principles have been explained through metaphors and riddles, which establish that Vedic Civilization was scientifically developed. The decipherment of Vedic Science has the key to explore the mystery of Indus valley civilization through the excavated seals and tablets at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. The Vedic metaphors have been engraved on the seals and tablets, the micro pictographs on the seals and tablets do not represent script, on the contrary they are micro pictographs of the Indus Valley gene technology at micro cellular level. The Indus Valley Civilization was ruined due to the excessive exploitation of the nature through gene technology (synonym to our present day knowledge of gene technology,) and subsequent hydrological, ecological, and ecological-disaster have forced the shifting of the population and its reorganization and expansion. Hence at the excavated sites of Indus Valley large traces of dead bodies have not been found.
– Dr.C.P.Trivedi